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RE: ISO relaxed, non-fatiguing DAC

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In Reply to: RE: ISO relaxed, non-fatiguing DAC posted by rogerh113 on May 27, 2025 at 12:38:35

You might have an outdated concept of streaming. Qobuz, Tidal, and others stream lossless "redbook CD Quality" or even better "hi-res" up to 24-bit / 192 kHz. I owned a number of CD Players over the years including Cal Icon, 4 Cary, a couple Sony ES, and Denon. My favorite was the older Accuphase DP-65V that I had a few years ago. I sold it and all the CD's as I now stream mostly from a network streamer and Qobuz streaming service.

A couple of my favorite DACs include the PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC (discontinued), Topping D90, SMSL D400EX, Eversolo DMP-A8. Yup, a handful of these are Chinese brands that have no pretentious legacy pedigree or price to match.

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RE: ISO relaxed, non-fatiguing DAC - farfetched 11:50:22 06/02/25 (0)
Speaking of affordable chifi I bought a Fosi ZD3 Dac. It has balanced output and I wanted to run a long xlr run from the computer room to the listening room. Also ran an rca coax from the Theta Miles, so see what I thought. The Miles is a robust player and the transport never fails me. Balanced output meant double dac's for the Miles.
The Fosi dac sounds fine to my ears from the coax or the usb from the computer. The Theta Miles is 25+ years old and the ZD3 is Fosi's flagship dac. There are certain immediate advantages to the brandnew circuitry although I am fond of the Theta's sound still. Why not?
The Fosi ZD3 Dac is another win for workable gear.
I'm running the BAT vk-3i as the preamp but I could run a single source balanced run to the v3 monos and use the dac as the volume control. I'd lose the subwoofer tho, so not going to happen. Magnepan LRS' without a sub just do not work for me.
/ optimally proportioned triangles are our friends

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RE: ISO relaxed, non-fatiguing DAC - rogerh113 14:08:21 05/27/25 (1)
No problem - everybody has a beautiful baby. Some more than others...
- RE: ISO relaxed, non-fatiguing DAC - AbeCollins 06:42:54 05/28/25 (0)
  Agree. Never call the other person's baby ugly ;-)

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